Brian Hatfield currently serves in the Washington State Senate, representing the 19th Legislative District, a district that includes Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties.
After serving ten years in the Washington State House of Representatives(1994–2004), Hatfield resigned in 2004 to work full-time for Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen. He was appointed in 2006 to replace Mark Doumit. He received 73.89% of the vote in the 2007 special election and was re-elected, without opposition, to a four-year term in 2008. In the Senate, Hatfield Chairs the Agriculture & Rural Economic Development Committee and serves on the Natural Resources, Oceans & Parks Committee and the Transportation Committee.
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